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Yahoo News |
4:36pm PDT |
Obama wins North Carolina, Clinton leads Indiana
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Barack Obama beat rival Hillary
Clinton in North Carolina on Tuesday, moving a step closer to
securing the Democratic presidential nomination after a
grueling struggle. |
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BBC News |
4:34pm PDT |
Key US states count primary votes |
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Summary: US presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama await results in the last two big state primaries. |
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Cnn.com |
4:20pm PDT |
First Indiana polls close on key primary day |
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Summary: Workers in North Carolina and Indiana -- where some polls have closed -- report heavy voting in primaries that could be pivotal for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In all, 404 pledged delegates remain to be chosen, and today's total of 187 makes it the |
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4:19pm PDT |
RAF Nimrod deaths inquest opens |
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Summary: An inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen killed when their RAF Nimrod crashed in Afghanistan is due to begin. |
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Yahoo News |
4:18pm PDT |
Aid workers race to reach Myanmar cyclone victims
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Aid workers battled Wednesday to get food and water to desperate cyclone survivors in Myanmar, whose government is under fire after more than 22,000 people died in one of Asia's worst natural disasters. |
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BBC News |
4:11pm PDT |
Government hosts firearms summit |
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Summary: New measures to control the use of airguns will be discussed at a firearms summit hosted by the Scottish Government. |
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Yahoo News |
4:05pm PDT |
Supreme court refuses to stop execution in Georgia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on
Tuesday a request for a stay of execution for a Georgia death
row inmate, clearing the way for the first execution in the
United States in more than seven months. |
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BBC News |
4:03pm PDT |
10 years on |
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Summary: Does the euro have anything to celebrate? |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Third of staff 'hungover at desk' |
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Summary: One in three employees admitted they have been to work with a hangover, a study suggests. |
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
Alcohol 'main staff welfare risk' |
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Summary: Most employers questioned in a survey believe alcohol is the biggest threat to workers' well-being. |
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BBC News |
4:00pm PDT |
Treatment 'slashes baby HIV risk' |
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Summary: Effective action almost eradicates the risk that a pregnant woman with HIV will pass it to her child, research concludes. |
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4:00pm PDT |
Man behind 21 |
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Summary: Student turned software ace who took on casinos |
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Cnn.com |
3:32pm PDT |
Martin: Wright issue will haunt media |
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Summary: Now that Sen. Barack Obama has denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, many of his critics, especially those who call themselves conservative, are happy he has put the dashiki-wearing, American-criticizing former Marine in his place.
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3:26pm PDT |
Inside Zimbabwe |
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Summary: BBC hears accounts of government intimidation tactics |
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Yahoo News |
3:10pm PDT |
First international aid reaches Myanmar after cyclone
(AP)
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Summary: AP - International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy delta, the nation's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, remained cut off from the world. |
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Yahoo News |
3:08pm PDT |
Bryant named MVP after leading Lakers to best record in West
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Finally, an MVP award for Kobe Bryant. Regarded as the NBA's best player for several years but never its most valuable, Bryant earned the honor at last on Tuesday after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the best record in the Western Conference. |
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Yahoo News |
3:06pm PDT |
Russia swears in new leader, but will he be boss?
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thirty guns will salute Dmitry Medvedev
on Wednesday, when he is sworn in as a new Russian president in
the Kremlin's throne room to replace his long-time mentor, the
powerful Vladimir Putin. |
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Cnn.com |
2:53pm PDT |
Wife says A-Rod passed out in delivery room |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
2:49pm PDT |
Sources: FBI raids special counsel's office |
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Summary: FBI agents Tuesday searched the Office of Special Counsel, a federal personnel watchdog agency that has been the subject of a criminal investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.
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Cnn.com |
2:49pm PDT |
FBI raids whistle-blower protection agency |
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Summary: FBI agents Tuesday searched the Office of Special Counsel, a federal personnel watchdog agency that has been the subject of a criminal investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.
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Yahoo News |
2:40pm PDT |
Church leader arrested on sex charges in northeast N.M.
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The leader of an apocalyptic sect in northeastern New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony sex crimes against children. |
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Cnn.com |
2:39pm PDT |
Turnout high on biggest single primary day left |
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Summary: Poll workers in Indiana and North Carolina report heavy voting for today's primaries in races that could be crucial for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In all, only 404 pledged delegates remain to be chosen, and today's total of 187 makes it the biggest |
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Cnn.com |
2:36pm PDT |
D.C. sniper wants to drop death row appeals |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
2:17pm PDT |
Gunman shot dead in armed siege |
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Summary: Armed police are involved in a stand-off with a gunman who shot at them near the King's Road in London. |
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Cnn.com |
2:17pm PDT |
Spears' visitation with sons expanded |
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Summary: Troubled pop star Britney Spears will be allowed to spend more time with her sons under modified custody arrangements agreed upon at a hearing Tuesday, said attorneys for Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline.
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Yahoo News |
2:07pm PDT |
75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday. |
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BBC News |
2:04pm PDT |
Holiday 'care' family return home |
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Summary: An allegedly drunk couple whose children were taken into care in Portugal are thought to be back home. |
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BBC News |
2:04pm PDT |
Flood risk fear over key UK sites |
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Summary: Hundreds of power substations and sewage plants are potentially at risk from flooding, the BBC learns. |
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Yahoo News |
2:02pm PDT |
Special counsel's office raided amid obstruction probe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal agents raided the office and home of U.S. Special Counsel Scott Bloch on Tuesday while investigating whether the nation's top protector of whistle-blowers destroyed evidence potentially showing he retaliated against his own staff. |
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Yahoo News |
2:00pm PDT |
K-Fed lawyer: Spears' expanded visits recognize 'progress'
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Britney Spears will have expanded visits with her sons following a child-custody hearing that went off without a hitch Tuesday, capping a three-month period of relative calm and stability for the troubled pop star and mother of two. |
